Choose the most appropriate figures of speech from List- I for the lines given in List-II :-
| List- I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentence) |
| (A) Alliteration | (I) Of beechen green, and shadows numberless |
| (B) Metaphor | (II) O Hamlet ! thou hast cleft my heart in twain. |
| (C) Imagery | (III) The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew |
| (D) Hyperbole | (IV) The camel is the ship of the desert. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Alliteration | III. The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew | Alliteration is the repetition of the same first consonant sound in words close together. The line is from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"; the "f" sound repeats in "fair", "foam", "flew" and the "b" sound in "breeze", "blew". | The big black bug bit the bear. |
| B. Metaphor | IV. The camel is the ship of the desert. | A metaphor says that one thing is another, without "like" or "as". The camel is called "the ship of the desert" because it carries people and goods across the sand as a ship does across the sea. | Time is a thief. |
| C. Imagery | I. Of beechen green, and shadows numberless | Imagery is language that appeals to the senses and builds a picture in the mind. The line is from John Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale"; "beechen green" (green beech trees) and "shadows numberless" create a picture of a cool, shady wood. | The golden sun sank slowly behind the purple hills. |
| D. Hyperbole | II. O Hamlet ! thou hast cleft my heart in twain. | Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for effect. In Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Queen Gertrude tells her son that he has split her heart in two; a heart is not literally cut, the words exaggerate her grief. | I have told you a million times to shut the door. |